Digital euro clears key hurdle as EU seeks to break free from U.S. credit cards

The European Central Bank secured key parliamentary backing on Tuesday for the launch ​of a digital euro, an electronic means ...
CNBC

ECB hikes interest rates for first time since 2023 as Iran war ramps up energy costs

ECB hikes its key interest rate to 2.25% as the Iran war continues to blow inflation off target. The central bank is the first among global peers to hike in response to the energy shock. ECB hikes ...
AOL

Rising stablecoin use could cement dollar dominance, ECB's Schnabel says

FILE PHOTO: Isabel Schnabel, member of the German advisory board of economic experts attends the 29th Frankfurt European Banking Congress (EBC) at the Old Opera house in Frankfurt, Germany November 22 ...
CNBC

ECB 'will do what is necessary' to tame inflation, Bank of France governor tells CNBC

The European Central Bank "will do what is necessary" to keep inflation on target, one of its top policymakers told CNBC. Markets are overwhelmingly pricing in a rate hike from the central bank at its ...
Lifehacker

Use One of These Apps to Encrypt Your Calls, Because Your Phone Won’t

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...
Wired

Update Your iPhone Now for Better Encrypted Messaging With Android

As part of the iOS 26.5 update, Apple’s Messages app can now encrypt texts between some iPhone and Android smartphones. Texts between Apple devices in the Messages app, aka iMessages, have been ...
ZDNet

How to easily encrypt your files on an Android phone - for free

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Reuters

ECB to raise rates in June on war-driven inflation but path beyond unclear: Reuters poll

BENGALURU, April 23 (Reuters) - (This April 23 story has been corrected to say prevent, not protect, in paragraph 1) The European Central Bank will hold its deposit rate on April 30 but hike it in ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI Use Hasn’t Cost Jobs at European Firms Yet, ECB Blog Says

Artificial intelligence is so far having no negative impact on euro-zone employment, with the heaviest users of the technology even adding staff, according to a European Central Bank blog post. Based ...
U.S. News & World Report

Stablecoin Use Could Weaken ECB's Hand, Hamper Lenders, ECB Paper Finds

FRANKFURT, March 3 (Reuters) - The spread of stablecoins ⁠in ⁠the euro zone could weaken ⁠the effectiveness of monetary policy, siphon deposits away from banks and reduce lending to the real economy, ...
JD Supra

New Route For Offshore Lenders Through The Liberalization Of India’s ECB Framework

On February 16, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) notified amendments to the existing External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) regulations (Amended Regulations) which are effective immediately and ...
ZDNet

7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

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